THE Zimbabwe National Road Authority has said it is going after some private companies contracted by government to rehabilitate national roads to ensure they fix terrible workmanship.
“But now what we do now through collaborations with other government agencies is we are pushing for value for money. And contractors that do shoddy jobs we now follow upon them because one of the most important mandates for Zinara is to follow up on how money was used,” said Zinara CEO Nkosinathi Ncube during a Zimbabwe International Trade Fair business conference in Bulawayo on Wednesday.
Ncube said roads should have a standard lifetime of 5 to 10 years before they need repairs.
Government rolled out the Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme in 2021 and is targeting to rehabilitate 10 000km of roads countrywide including urban and trunk roads.
Ncube said that contractors that are not delivering to standard are stealing from the people and also damaging their own brands.
“So, when the contractor comes and get the money from the government and does a shoddy job and after three months there are potholes, you are not cheating the government but you are also cheating yourselves as well and you are killing the brand of the company.
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